The Goblin Mask Stabbing

• 🎃 In 1978, a 10-year-old narrator's Halloween trick-or-treating was cut short by a disturbing event.
• 🔪 A mysterious boy in a goblin mask, later identified as Leroy, suddenly began stabbing people in a crowd.
• ❓ Leroy claimed he was kidnapped and forced to commit the act by a group who called themselves 'the devil and his helpers'.
• 🕵️ The boy had been missing for two months, and the mask he wore was never recovered by the police, fueling urban legend.

The Matrix Ambush

• 🕶️ In 1999, five 11-year-old boys dressed as characters from 'The Matrix' were ambushed in an alleyway.
• 👊 A group of older youths, led by the Hand twins, attempted to rob them of their Halloween candy.
• 🏃‍♂️ The narrator escaped by running through a fence into an abandoned lot, but was then hunted by a boy named Ferdy.
• 🤕 Ferdy brutally beat the narrator, breaking his ankle and attempting further assault before the Hand twins intervened, saving the narrator.
• 💔 Ferdy later died seven years after the incident, stabbed to death.

The Acid Attack

• 🧪 On Halloween night in 2018, a man wearing a ghost mask threw a corrosive liquid at the narrator's father.
• 🏥 The liquid, believed to be acid, caused severe burns, leading to hospitalization and a skin graft surgery.
• ❓ The attacker was never caught, and the motive remains unknown, though it may be linked to a previous acid attack where a woman died.
• ⚠️ The story highlights the disturbing rise of acid attacks and the lasting trauma they inflict.